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Political Organizations and Parties Award Recipients

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Emerging Scholars Award
Jack Walker Article Award
Leon Epstein Outstanding Book Award
POP Best APSA Paper Award
Samuel Eldersveld Career Achievement Award

Emerging Scholars Award

The Emerging Scholars Award is given to a scholar who has received his or her Ph.D. within the last five years and whose career to date demonstrates unusual promise.

2023	Mathias Poertner, London School of Economics and Political Science
2022	Niloufer Siddiqui, University at Albany-State University of New York
2021	Jake Grumbach, University of Washington
2020	Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, Columbia University
2019	Danielle Thomsen, University of California, Irvine
2018	Ann-Kristin Kölln, Aarhus University
2017	Liliana Mason, University of Maryland
2016	Samara Klar, University of Arizona
2015	Tom Louwerse, Trinity College Dublin
2014	Noam Lupu, University of Wisconsin -Madison
2013	Zeynep Somer-Topcu, Vanderbilt University
2013	Timothy Werner, University of Texas at Austin
2012	Daniel Galvin, Northwestern University
2011	Christine Mahoney, University of Virginia
2010	David Karol, American University
2009	Hans Noel, Georgetown University
2008	Seth Masket, University of Denver
2008	Scott Desposato, University of California, San Diego
2007	Susan Yackee, University of Wisconsin, Madision
2006	Andrea Campbell, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2005	Barry Burden, Harvard University
2005	Beth Leech, Rutgers University
2004	David Kimball, University of Missouri, St. Louis
2004	Eric Schickler, Harvard University
2003	Daniel Tichenor, Rutgers University-New Brunswick
2002	Jacob Hacker, Harvard Society of Fellows
2001	Paul Frymer, University of California-San Diego
2000	Kevin Hula, Loyola University
1999	Robin Kolodny, Temple University
1998	Kenneth Kollman, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
1998	Lonna Atkeson, University of New Mexico
1998	Honorable Mention David Farrell, University of Manchester
1998	Honorable Mention John Gerring, Boston University
1997	John Coleman, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1996	Anthony Corrado Jr., Colby College
1995	Philip Klinkner, Loyola Marymount University
1995	Scott Ainsworth, University of Georgia
1994	Scott Ainsworth, University of Georgia
1993	Sean Savage, St. Mary's College

Jack Walker Award
The Jack Walker Award recognizes an article published in the last two calendar years that makes an outstanding contribution to research and scholarship on political organizations and parties.

2023	Rune Slothuus, Aarhus University “How Political Parties Shape Public Opinion in the Real World.” American Journal of Political Science. 65(4): 896-911.
2023	Martin Bisgaard, Aarhus University “How Political Parties Shape Public Opinion in the Real World.” American Journal of Political Science. 65(4): 896-911.
2022	Alexandra E. Cirone, Cornell University “Seniority-Based Nominations and Political Careers," American Political Science Review (2021) 115 (1): 234-251.
2022	Gary W. Cox, Stanford University “Seniority-Based Nominations and Political Careers," American Political Science Review (2021) 115 (1): 234-251.
2022	Jon H. Fiva, Norwegian Business School “Seniority-Based Nominations and Political Careers," American Political Science Review (2021) 115 (1): 234-251.
2021	Mathias Poertner, Texas A&M University “The Organizational Voter: Support for New Parties in Young Democracies.” American Journal of Political Science, August, 2020.
2020	Zhao Li, Princeton University “How Internal Constraints Shape Interest Group Activities: Evidence from Access-Seeking PACs.” American Political Science Review, 2018.
2020	Shane P. Singh, University of Georgia “Compulsory Voting and Parties’ Vote‐Seeking Strategies.” American Journal of Political Science, 2019.
2019	Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, Columbia University “Legislative Staff and Representation in Congress.”
2019	Matto Mildenberger, University of California, Santa Barbara “Legislative Staff and Representation in Congress.”
2019	Leah S. Stokes, University of California, Santa Barbara “Legislative Staff and Representation in Congress.”
2018	Jonathan Polk, University of Gothenburg "Electoral Infidelity: Why party members cast defecting votes."
2018	Ann-Kristin Kölln, Aarhus University "Electoral Infidelity: Why party members cast defecting votes."
2017	Mike Franz, Bowdoin College "Loose Cannons or Loyal Foot Soldiers? Toward a More Complex Theory of Interest Group Advertising Strategies." American Journal of Political Science
2017	Erika Franklin Fowler, Wesleyan University "Loose Cannons or Loyal Foot Soldiers? Toward a More Complex Theory of Interest Group Advertising Strategies." American Journal of Political Science
2017	Travis Ridout, Washington State University "Loose Cannons or Loyal Foot Soldiers? Toward a More Complex Theory of Interest Group Advertising Strategies." American Journal of Political Science
2017	Honorable Mention George Kernell, University of California, Los Angeles "Party Nomination Rules and Campaign Participation." Comparative Political Science
2016	Noam Lupu, Vanderbilt University “Brand Dilution and the Breakdown of Political Parties in Latin America", World Politics 66, no. 4 (October 2014), 561–602
2015	Michael Kowal, University of Massachusetts-Amherst “The Fates of Challengers in US House Elections: The Role of Extended Party Networks in Supporting Candidates and Shaping Electoral Outcomes.” American Journal of Political Science59(1): 194-211 (2015)
2015	Raymond La Raja, University of Massachusetts-Amherst “The Fates of Challengers in US House Elections: The Role of Extended Party Networks in Supporting Candidates and Shaping Electoral Outcomes.” American Journal of Political Science59(1): 194-211 (2015)
2015	Bruce Desmarais, University of Massachusetts-Amherst “The Fates of Challengers in US House Elections: The Role of Extended Party Networks in Supporting Candidates and Shaping Electoral Outcomes.” American Journal of Political Science59(1): 194-211 (2015)
2014	Kathleen Bawn, University of California, Los Angeles "A Theory of Political Parties: Groups, Policy Demands and Nominations in American Politics." Perspectives on Politics 10 (03): 571-597
2014	Martin Cohen, James Madison University "A Theory of Political Parties: Groups, Policy Demands and Nominations in American Politics." Perspectives on Politics 10 (03): 571-597
2014	David Karol, University of Maryland "A Theory of Political Parties: Groups, Policy Demands and Nominations in American Politics." Perspectives on Politics 10 (03): 571-597
2014	Seth Masket, University of Denver "A Theory of Political Parties: Groups, Policy Demands and Nominations in American Politics.” Perspectives on Politics 10 (03): 571-597
2014	Hans Noel, Georgetown University "A Theory of Political Parties: Groups, Policy Demands and Nominations in American Politics." Perspectives on Politics 10 (03): 571-597
2014	John Zaller, University of California, Los Angeles "A Theory of Political Parties: Groups, Policy Demands and Nominations in American Politics.”"Perspectives on Politics 10 (03): 571-597
2013	Kathleen Bawn, University of California, Los Angeles "Government versus Opposition at the Polls: How Governing Status Changes the Impact of Policy Positions." American Journal of Political Science 56(2):433-446
2013	Zeynep Somer-Topcu, Vanderbilt University "Government versus Opposition at the Polls: How Governing Status Changes the Impact of Policy Positions." American Journal of Political Science 56(2):433-446
2012	Geoffrey Layman, University of Notre Dame Activists and Conflict Extension in American Party Politics (American Political Science Review 104 (2))
2012	Thomas Carsey, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Activists and Conflict Extension in American Party Politics (American Political Science Review 104 (2))
2012	John Green, University of Akron Activists and Conflict Extension in American Party Politics (American Political Science Review 104 (2))
2012	Richard Herrera, Arizona State University Activists and Conflict Extension in American Party Politics (American Political Science Review 104 (2))
2012	Rosalyn Cooperman, University of Mary Washington Activists and Conflict Extension in American Party Politics (American Political Science Review 104 (2))
2011	Guillermo Trejo, Duke University "Religious Competition and Ethnic Mobilization in Latin America: Why the Catholic Church Promotes Indigenous Movements in Mexico"
2010	Cathie Martin, Boston University "The Political Origins of Coordinated Capitalism: Business Organizations, Party Systems, and State Structure in the Age of Innocence,"
2010	Duane Swank, Marquette University "The Political Origins of Coordinated Capitalism: Business Organizations, Party Systems, and State Structure in the Age of Innocence,"
2009	Michael Tomz, Stanford University "Candidate Positioning and Voter Choice," American Political Science Review, (2008) 102:3, 303-18
2009	Robert Van Houweling, University of California, Berkeley "Candidate Positioning and Voter Choice," American Political Science Review, (2008) 102:3, 303-18
2008	James Adams, University of California, Davis "Why Small, Centrist Third Parties Motivate Policy Divergence by Major Parties." American Political Science Review 100 (August 2006)
2008	Samuel Merrill III, Wilkes University "Why Small, Centrist Third Parties Motivate Policy Divergence by Major Parties." American Political Science Review 100 (August 2006)
2007	Richard Hall, University of Michigan Lobbying as Legislative Subsidy
2007	Alan Deardorff, University of Michigan Lobbying as Legislative Subsidy
2006	Michael Laver, New York University "Policy and the Dynamics of Political Competition," American Political Science Review, May 2005
2005	Alan Ziobrowski, Georgia State University "Abnormal Returns from the Common Stock Investments of the United States Senate"
2005	Brigitte Ziobrowski, Augusta State University "Abnormal Returns from the Common Stock Investments of the United States Senate"
2005	Ping Cheng, Florida Atlantic University "Abnormal Returns from the Common Stock Investments of the United States Senate"
2005	James Boyd, Kent State University "Abnormal Returns from the Common Stock Investments of the United States Senate"
2004	Jack Walker, University of Michigan "The Origins and Maintenance of Interest Groups in America" (American Political Science Review, 77 (2), 1983)
2004	Gary Miller, Washington University Co-Authored with Norman J. Schofield, Washington University, St. Louis, "Activists and Partisan Realignment in the United States" (American Political Science Review, 2003)
2004	Norman Schofield, Washington University Co-Authored with Gary J. Miller, Washington University, St. Louis, "Activists and Partisan Realignment in the United States" (American Political Science Review, 2003)
2003	Daniel Tichenor, Rutgers University-New Brunswick "Organized Interests and American Political Development" (Political Science Quarterly, 117, Winter 2002)
2003	Richard Harris, Rutgers University-Camden "Organized Interests and American Political Development" (Political Science Quarterly, 117, Winter 2002)
2002	Stephen Ansolabehere, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Co-Authored with James M. Snyder, Jr., Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Charles Stewart, III, Massachusetts Institute of Technology "The Effects of Party and Preferences on Congressional Roll-Call Voting" (Legislative Studies Quarterly, 36)
2002	James Snyder Jr., Massachusetts Institute of Technology Co-Authored with Stephen D. Ansolabehere, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Charles Stewart, III, Massachusetts Institute of Technology "The Effects of Party and Preferences on Congressional Roll-Call Voting" (Legislative Studies Quarterly, 36)
2002	Charles Stewart III, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Co-Authored with Stephen D. Ansolabehere, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and James M. Snyder, Jr., Massachusetts Institute of Technology "The Effects of Party and Preferences on Congressional Roll-Call Voting" (Legislative Studies Quarterly, 36)
2001	Arthur Miller, University of Iowa "Emerging Party Systems in Post-Soviet Societies" (Journal of Politics, 62)
2001	Gwyn Erb, University of Iowa "Emerging Party Systems in Post-Soviet Societies" (Journal of Politics, 62)
2001	William Reisinger, University of Iowa "Emerging Party Systems in Post-Soviet Societies" (Journal of Politics, 62)
2001	Vicki Hesli Claypool, University of Iowa "Emerging Party Systems in Post-Soviet Societies" (Journal of Politics, 62)
2000	Kenneth Kollman, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor "Party Aggregation and the Number of Parties in India and the United States," American Political Science Review, 92(2)
2000	Pradeep Chhibber, University of California-Berkeley "Party Aggregation and the Number of Parties in India and the United States" (American Political Science Review, 92(2))
1999	Peter Bachrach "Two Faces of Power" (American Political Science Review, 57(3))" and "Decisions and Non-decisions: An Analytical Framework" (APSA 56(4))
1999	Morton Baratz "Two Faces of Power" (American Political Science Review, 57(3))" and "Decisions and Non-decisions: An Analytical Framework" (APSA 56(4))
1998	Robert Salisbury, Washington University "Interest Representation: The Dominance of Institutions" (American Political Science Review, March 1984)
1998	Byron Shafer, Oxford University "Primary Rules, Political Power, and Social Change," (American Political Science Review, March 1976)
1997	James Lengle, Georgetown University "Primary Rules, Political Power, and Social Change," (American Political Science Review, March 1976)
1996	V. Key Jr. "Primary Rules, Political Power, and Social Change" (American Political Science Review, March 1976)
1995	Gerald Pomper "From Confusion to Clarity: Issues and American Voters, 1956-1968" (American Political Science Review, 66 (2), 1972)
1994	Theodore Lowi, Cornell University "American Business, Public Policy, Case Studies and Political Theory" (World Politics, 16, 1964)
1993	Herbert McClosky "Issue Conflict and Consensus among Party Leaders and Followers" (American Political Science Review, 1964)
1993	Paul Hoffmann "Issue Conflict and Consensus among Party Leaders and Followers" (American Political Science Review, 1964)
1993	Rosemary O'Hara "Issue Conflict and Consensus among Party Leaders and Followers" (American Political Science Review, 1964)
1992	James Wilson, University of California-Los Angeles "Incentive Systems: A Theory of Organizations" (Administrative Science Quarterly, 1961)
1992	Peter Clark "Incentive Systems: A Theory of Organizations" (Administrative Science Quarterly, 1961)
1991	Michael Hayes, Colgate University "The Semi-Sovereign Pressure Groups: A Critique of Current Theory and an Alternative Typology" (Journal of Politics, 44, 1978)
1990	Jack Dennis, University of Wisconsin "Support for the Party System by the Mass Public" (Midwest Journal of Political Science, February 1989) and "Trends in Support for the American Party System" (British Journal of Political Science, 1976)
1989	Robert Salisbury, Washington University "An Exchange Theory of Interest Groups" (American Political Science Review, September 1966)
1987	Robert Huckshorn "Party Integration and Party Organizational Strength" (Journal of Politics, 48 (4). 1986)
1987	James Gibson "Party Integration and Party Organizational Strength" (Journal of Politics, 48 (4). 1986)
1987	Cornelius Cotter "Party Integration and Party Organizational Strength" (Journal of Politics, 48 (4). 1986)
1987	John Bibby "Party Integration and Party Organizational Strength" (Journal of Politics, 48 (4). 1986)
1986	Joseph Schlesinger "On the Theory of Party Organization" (Journal of Politics, 46 (2), 1984)

Leon D. Epstein Outstanding Book Award
The Leon Epstein Outstanding Book Award recognizes a book published in the last two calendar years that made an outstanding contribution to research and scholarship on political organizations and parties.

2023	Sarah Zukerman Daly, Columbia University Violent Victors: Why Bloodstained Parties Win Postwar Elections. Princeton University Press, 2022.
2022	Caitlin Andrew-Lee, Toronto Metropolitan University The Emergence and Revival of Charismatic Movements: Argentine Peronism and Venezuelan Chavismo, Cambridge University Press, 2021.
2021	Nathan Kalmoe, Louisiana State University With Ballots and Bullets: Partisanship and Violence in the American Civil War. Cambridge University Press, 2020.
2020	Verónica Pérez Bentancur, Universidad de la República How Party Activism Survives: Uruguay's Frente Amplio. Cambridge University Press, 2019.
2020	Rafael Piñeiro Rodríguez, Universidad Católica del Uruguay How Party Activism Survives: Uruguay's Frente Amplio. Cambridge University Press, 2019.
2020	Fernando Rosenblatt, Universidad Diego Portales, Chile How Party Activism Survives: Uruguay's Frente Amplio. Cambridge University Press, 2019.
2019	Devin Caughey, Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Unsolid South: Mass Politics and National Representation in a One-Party Enclave.
2018	Matt Grossman, Boston College Asymemetric Politics: Ideological Republicans and Group Interest Democrats. Oxford University Press, 2016.
2018	David Hopkins, Boston College Asymemetric Politics: Ideological Republicans and Group Interest Democrats. Oxford University Press, 2016.
2017	Rory Treux, Princeton University Making Autocracy Work: Representation and Responsiveness in Modern China. Cambridge University Press, 2016.
2016	Fabio Rojas, Indiana University Party in the Street: The Antiwar Movement and the Democratic Party after 9/11. Cambridge University Press, 2015
2016	Michael T. Heaney, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Party in the Street: The Antiwar Movement and the Democratic Party after 9/11. Cambridge University Press, 2015
2016	Jonathan B. Slapin, University of Essex The Politics of Parliamentary Debate: Parties, Rebels and Representation. Cambridge University Press, 2015
2016	Sven-Oliver Proksch, McGill University The Politics of Parliamentary Debate: Parties, Rebels and Representation. Cambridge University Press, 2015
2015	Tariq Thachil, Yale University Elite Parties, Poor Voters: How Social Services Win Votes in India. Cambridge University Press, Studies in Comparative Politics series, 2014
2014	Hans Noel, Georgetown University Political Ideologies and Political Parties in America. Cambridge University Press, 2013
2013	Vineeta Yadav, Pennsylvania State University Political Parties, Business Groups and Corruption in Developing Countries (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011)
2012	Monika Nalepa, Princeton University Skeletons in the Closet: Transitional Justice in Post-Communist Europe (Cambridge University Press, 2010)
2012	Daniel Klinghard, College of Holy Cross The Nationalization of American Political Parties, 1880-1896 (Cambridge University Press, 2010)
2011	David Mayhew, Yale University Partisan Balance: Why Political Parties Don't Kill the U.S. Constitutioal System
2010	Frank Baumgartner, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Lobbying and Policy Change: Who Wins, Who Loses and Why
2010	David Kimball, University of Missouri, St Louis Lobbying and Policy Change: Who Wins, Who Loses and Why
2010	Marie Hojnacki, Pennsylvania State University Lobbying and Policy Change: Who Wins, Who Loses and Why
2010	Beth Leech, Rutgers University Lobbying and Policy Change: Who Wins, Who Loses and Why
2010	Jeffrey Berry, Tufts University Lobbying and Policy Change: Who Wins, Who Loses and Why
2009	Larry Bartels, Vanderbilt University Unequal Democracy: The Political Economy of the New Gilded Age. (Princeton University Press, 2008)
2008	Dara Strolovitch, University of Minnesota Affirmative Advocacy. Race, Class, and Gender in Interest Group Politics (Chicago University Press, 2007)
2007	Henry Hale, George Washington University Why not Parties in Russia? Democracy, Federalism, and the State
2007	Beatriz Magaloni, Stanford University Voting for Autocracy: Hegemonic Party Survival and Its Demise in Mexico
2006	Gary Cox, University of California, San Diego Setting the Agenda: Responsible Party Government in the U.S. House of Representatives (Cambridge University Press, 2005)
2006	Mathew McCubbins, University of California, San Diego Setting the Agenda: Responsible Party Government in the U.S. House of Representatives (Cambridge University Press, 2005)
2005	Pradeep Chhibber, University of California, Berkeley The Formation of National Party Systems
2005	Kenneth Kollman, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor The Formation of National Party Systems
2004	Jeffrey Berry, Tufts University Written with David F. Arons, formerly Co-Director of Charity Lobbying in the Public Interest: A Voice for Nonprofits (Brookings Institution Press, 2003)
2003	Jo Freeman A Room at a Time: How Women Entered Party Politics (Rowan and Littlefield, 2002)
2002	Scott James, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Presidents, Parties, and the Regulatory State (Cambridge University Press, 2000)
2001	Mark Smith, University of Washington American Business and Political Power: Public Opinion, Elections, and Democracy (University of Chicago Press, 2000)
2001	Christina Wolbrecht, University of Notre Dame The Politics of Women's Rights: Parties, Positions, and Change (Princeton Univ Press, 2000)
2000	Kenneth Kollman, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor "Party Aggregation and the Number of Parties in India and the United States" (American Political Science Review, 92(2))
1999	James Wilson, University of California-Los Angeles Political Organization [Princeton Studies in American Politics] (Princeton University Press, 1973)
1998	Giovanni Sartori, Columbia University Parties and Party Systems: A Framework for Analysis (Cambridge University Press, 1976)
1997	David Truman The Governmental Process: Political Interests and Public Opinion (Knopf, 1951)
1996	E. Schattschneider The Semi-Sovereign People (Holt, Rinehard, and Winston, 1975)
1995	James Burns, Williams College The Deadlock of Democracy (Prentice Hall, 1963)
1994	Mancur Olson, University of Maryland The Logic of Collective Action (Harvard University Press, 1971)
1993	Maurice Duverger, Sorbonne-University of Paris Les Parties Politiques (Paris: Colin, 1951)
1992	Walter Burnham, University of Texas-Austin Critical Elections and the Mainsprings of American Politics (W.W. Norton, 1970)
1991	Gary Jacobson, University of California, San Diego Money in Congressional Elections (Yale University Press, 1980)
1990	Seymour Lipset, Stanford University Party Systems and Voter Alignments (Free Press, 1967)
1990	Stein Rokkan, University of Bergen Party Systems and Voter Alignments (Free Press, 1967)
1989	Anthony Downs, The Brookings Institution An Economic Theory of Democracy (Harper & Row)
1988	Alexander Heard The Costs of Democracy (University of North Carolina Press, 1960)
1987	Philip Converse The American Voter
1987	Philip Converse Elections and the Political Order
1987	Warren Miller Elections and the Political Order
1987	Warren Miller The American Voter
1987	Donald Stokes Elections and the Political Order
1987	Donald Stokes The American Voter
1987	Angus Campbell Elections and the Political Order
1987	Angus Campbell The American Voter
1986	Leon Epstein, University of Wisconsin, Madison Political Parties in Western Democracies (Transaction Pub: Reissue edition, January 1993)

POP/Party Politics Award
The POP/Party Politics Award recognizes the best paper delivered on a Political Organizations and Parties-sponsored panel at the preceding APSA annual meeting.

2023	Connor Phillips, Harvard University “Interest Group Strategy and State Legislative Polarization.” Presented at the 2022 APSA Annual Meeting.
2022	Aytuğ Şaşmaz, Bryn Mawr College “Unequal Political Selection across Parties: Evidence from the Secular-Islamist Competition in Tunisia,” Presented at the 2021 APSA Annual Meeting.
2021	Wenyan Deng, Massachusetts Institute of Technology “Latinization of Organized Labor and Democratic Immigration Positions.” Presented at the 2020 APSA Annual Meeting.
2021	Zeyu Chris Peng, Massachusetts Institute of Technology “Latinization of Organized Labor and Democratic Immigration Positions.” Presented at the 2020 APSA Annual Meeting.
2020	Maraam A. Dwidar, Syracuse University “Interest Group Coalitions and Minority Representation in Rulemaking.” APSA annual meeting, 2019.
2020	Jesse M. Crosson, Trinity University “Polarized Pluralism: Preferences and Biases in the American Pressure System.” APSA annual meeting, 2019.
2020	Alexander C. Furnas, University of Michigan “Polarized Pluralism: Preferences and Biases in the American Pressure System.” APSA annual meeting, 2019.
2020	Geoffrey M. Lorenz, University of Nebraska “Polarized Pluralism: Preferences and Biases in the American Pressure System.” APSA annual meeting, 2019.
2019	Matt Lacombe, Northwestern University “The Political Weaponization of Gun Owners: The NRA's Group Social Identity.”
2018	Alexander Furnas, University of Michigan “The Partisan Ties of Lobbying Firms.”
2018	Michael Heaney, University of Glasgow “The Partisan Ties of Lobbying Firms.”
2018	Timothy LaPira, James Madison University “The Partisan Ties of Lobbying Firms.”
2017	Jesse M. Crosson, University of Michigan "Constructing Interest Group Coalitions."
2017	Michael T. Heaney, University of Michigan "Constructing Interest Group Coalitions."
2012	William Mayer, Northeastern University Theory Meets Practice: The Presidential Selection Process in the First Federal Election,1788-89
2011	Lee Drutman, The Progressive Policy Institute "The Inside View: Using the Enron Email Archive to Understand Business Lobbying,"
2011	Daniel Hopkins, Georgetown University "The Inside View: Using the Enron Email Archive to Understand Business Lobbying"
2010	Seth Masket, University of Denver "Networking the Parties: A Comparison of Democratic and Republican National Convention Delegates in 2008"
2010	Michael Heaney, University of Michigan "Networking the Parties: A Comparison of Democratic and Republican National Convention Delegates in 2008"
2010	Joanne Miller, University of Minnesota "Networking the Parties: A Comparison of Democratic and Republican National Convention Delegates in 2008"
2010	Dara Strolovitch, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities "Networking the Parties: A Comparison of Democratic and Republican National Convention Delegates in 2008"
2009	Richard Skinner, Bowdoin College "527 Committees and the Political Party Network"
2009	Seth Masket, University of Denver "527 Committees and the Political Party Network"
2009	David Dulio, Oakland University "527 Committees and the Political Party Network"
2008	Brian Feinstein, Harvard University "State Party Platforms and Civil Rights Policy, 1920-1968"
2008	Eric Schickler, University of California, Berkeley "State Party Platforms and Civil Rights Policy, 1920-1968"
2007	Georgia Kernell, Columbia University Candidate Selction and Political Participation
2006	Hans Noel, Princeton University "Ideology, Party, and the Creation of the Anti-Slavery Coalition"
2005	Michael Heaney, University of Florida "Reputation and Leadership Inside Interest Group Coalitions"
2004	Eric Heberlig, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Co-Authored with Marc J. Hetherington, Bowdoin College, and Bruce A. Larson, Farleigh Dickenson University, "The Redistribution of Campaign Funds and Institutional Advancement in the U.S. House"
2004	Marc Hetherington, Bowdoin College Co-Authored with Eric S. Heberlig, UNC Charlotte, and Bruce A. Larson, Farleigh Dickenson University, "The Redistribution of Campaign Funds and Institutional Advancement in the U.S. House"
2004	Bruce Larson, Farleigh Dickenson University Co-Authored with Eric S. Heberlig, UNC Charlotte, and Marc J. Hetherington, Bowdoin College, "The Redistribution of Campaign Funds and Institutional Advancement in the U.S. House"
2003	Byron Shafer, University of Wisconsin Madison "Economic Development, Legal Desegregation, and Partisan Change in the Post War South."
2003	Richard Johnston, University of British Columbia "Economic Development, Legal Desegregation, and Partisan Change in the Post War South"
2001	Byron Shafer, Oxford University "The Transformation of Southern Politics, Revisited: The House of Representatives as a Window"
2001	Richard Johnston, University of British Columbia "The Transformation of Southern Politics, Revisited: The House of Representatives as a Window"

Samuel J. Eldersveld Career Achievement Award
The Samuel Eldersveld Career Achievement Award recognizes a scholar whose lifetime professional work has made an outstanding contribution to the field.

2023	Russell Dalton, University of California, Irvine
2022	John C. Green, University of Akron and The Bliss Institute of Applied Politics (emeritus)
2021	Richard Hall, University of Michigan
2020	Pippa Norris, Harvard University
2019	David Lowery, Pennsylvania State University
2019	Virginia Gray, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2018	Morris Fiorina, Stanford University
2017	Mathew McCubbins, Duke University
2016	Kay Schlozman, Boston College
2015	Byron E. Shafer, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2014	Michael Laver, New York University
2013	Gary Cox, Stanford University
2012	Barbara Sinclair, University of California, Los Angeles
2011	Frank Baumgartner, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
2010	David Rohde, Duke University
2009	Jeffrey Berry, Tufts University
2008	John Aldrich, Duke University
2007	Paul Beck, Ohio State University
2006	Herbert Kitschelt, Duke University
2005	James Wilson, University of California, Los Angeles
2004	David Mayhew, Yale University
2003	Kay Lawson, San Francisco State University
2002	Walter Burnham, University of Texas-Austin
2001	John Bibby, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
2000	Kenneth Janda, Northwestern University
1999	Malcolm Jewell, University of Kentucky
1998	Nelson Polsby, University of California-Berkeley
1997	Robert Salisbury, Washington University-St. Louis
1996	Herbert Alexander, University of Southern California
1995	Gerald Pomper, Rutgers University
1994	James Sundquist, The Brookings Institution
1993	Joseph Schlesinger, Michigan State University
1992	Leon Epstein, University of Wisconsin, Madison
1991	William Crotty, Northwestern University
1990	Frank Sorauf, University of Minnesota
1989	Allan Kornberg, Duke University
1988	David Truman
1987	J. Austin Ranney, University of California, Berkeley
1986	Samuel Eldersveld, University of Michigan